Charles Vanel

as Bernard Parker

Claude Dauphin

as Jean Cartier

Madeleine Robinson

as Françoise Parker

Henri Guisol

as Duvernier

Marcel André

as Chancellin

Alexandre Fabry

as Father Honoraz

Charlotte Clasis

as Mother Honoraz

Jacques Tarride

as Jeweler

Gisèle Alcée

as Young girl

Manuel Gary

as Sailor of the Phocéa

Lucien Callamand

as Bréchard

Robert Dalban

as Commissioner Andréani

Pierre Brasseur

as Lussac

Nicolas Amato

as Station master (uncredited)

Jacques Breteuil

as Announcer (uncredited)

Jean Clarens

as (uncredited)

Gaston Séverin

as Secretary of the Goncourts (uncredit)(